“Echoes of the Wild” by Matt Keene at Lightner Museum
Friday, December 5, 2025 to January 18, 2026
Overview
Echoes of the Wild is a powerful immersive exhibition that blends the historic craft of nineteenth-century wet plate collodion photography with a modern message of environmental responsibility. Captured during backcountry expeditions throughout the southeastern United States, Matt Keene’s striking images provide intimate—and at times haunting—portraits of landscapes and wildlife facing growing threats from pollution, climate change, and human encroachment. Lightner Museum is open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily and tickets are $19 for adults, $16 for seniors and students and $12 ages 12-17, under 11 are free. 75 King St., St. Augustine. www.lightnermuseum.org
Lightner Museum is housed in the former Alcazar Hotel built in 1888 by Henry Flagler. Today it is home to one of the finest collections of fine and decorative 19th…